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Jake Sharon: Comedy in Progress - Jake Sharon: Comedy in Progress |
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Written by Erin Frustaci
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Wednesday, 26 July 2006 |
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Jake Sharon, 28, of Denver is in the funny business. He describes himself as silly, goofy and spastic — an all-around geek.
“I’ve always been a bit of a geek,” Sharon said. “I used to wear glasses and I’m into video games.”
Like many other comedians, Sharon was a class clown in elementary and high school, but he never thought of pursuing his silliness seriously. Now he has shows all over the state, with a few gigs scattered around the country.
After graduating from Loveland High School in 1996, he earned a degree in broadcasting and English from Hastings College in Nebraska.
He found the broadcasting industry too controlling for him. He worked for a production company for a while before taking the plunge into comedy.
“With standup, I can say whatever I want on stage, but I do pay the consequences sometimes,” Sharon said.
His first open-mike gig was at a bar called Chaps in Cherry Creek, no longer in existence.
“The waitresses walk around in chaps with their butts hanging out,” he said. “A guy told me to get up on stage. I did and it was so horrible, but the chaps were good.”
He didn’t have anything prepared, so he quickly jotted some stuff on a napkin.
Although he wasn’t as well received as he hoped, he didn’t give up. He had enough sense to know all comedians have bad days.
“It can be really hard, especially if you have had a lot of bad shows in a row,” Sharon said. “It messes with your head, but you have to remind yourself why you got into it in the first place — to have fun and screw around. Even famous people still have nights where they get out there and eat it. You just move on.”
Sharon does shows at ComedyWorks and around Colorado. He’s done standup professionally for the last three years. He was also selected along with two others in Colorado to participate in the Boston Comedy Festival in September.
His shows are usually comprised of his own life stories from college jobs to his troubles with the ladies, with a few poop jokes mixed in.
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ELIMIJAKE
Jake Sharon made his first television debut on Elimidate a while back. He’s still a little sad he didn’t get picked, he said. One thing he learned was how scripted the show was.
“The show was really heavy-handed,” he said. “The whole time we were sitting around, producers were whispering things in our ears and holding up signs telling us what to say or do.”
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